unreasonable letting terms

Chrysalis

FBaby wrote: »

Has the rental value in your area decreased then? Because it must have been way above average value 9 years ago otherwise, in which case, why did you pick that property then?

circumstances, I didnt really have the luxury of choosing at that time.

thanks for the replies everyone.

FBaby

I have no doubt I can get something cheaper, however there is as always with renting things that make it not so clear cut such as

fee's payable to move.
uncertainty of stability of rental of new property.
will new rent be increased, and will there be fee's for renewing tenancy which can easily bump up annual cost a lot.

But surely if you can find somewhere that is £100 less a month, this will offset the above?

You are in a dodgy neighbourhood (strangers smashing windows), paying over £100 a month extra for a property in poor state of repairs, and yet you don't think moving is your best solution?

pinkshoes

Move???????

speedfreek1000

Chrysalis wrote: »

they using a company name on tenancy agreement that doesnt exist. On all previous tenancy agreements the actual landlord's name was there.

See "Trading As" name here http://blog.thecompanywarehouse.co.uk/2010/02/18/trading-as-company-and-business-names/

alchemist.1

tom9980 wrote: »

Why not tell the Landlord you have been paying for 13 years without issue so you wont be providing a new guarantor because you have nobody suitable available. He either evicts you or keeps the reliable tenant who has paid for 13 years.

You can also say you do not wish to sign a new fixed agreement because you are happy with the rolling tenancy you currently have, the Landlord cannot force you to sign a new one his only option is to evict you.

On the rent increase issue you have had 13 years of no increase? thats amazing really i can only assume you live with crashy in Edinburgh he constantly tells us that he has paid the same for decades! again the landlord must go through the correct procedure tor evict you. Seems pointless if the rent in the area hasnt gone up in that time to evict a reliable tenant.

As for the window issue its fair to say that in such a situation it can be assumed the tenant annoyed someone and this is the reason the window was smashed, in most cases this would be true, not always but seems reasonable to try get the tenant to pay for it if possible.

Your Landlord seems to be stupid rather than unfair frankly.

It's fair to say that the tenant does not bear any responsibility for vandalism. Annoyed someone or not. This risk is always the landlords.

alchemist.1

Reading between the lines, it seems you have annoyed the landlord (not intentionally from what you have said) and he wants you out without formally going through the process of evicting you. Hence trying to make everything difficult as possible. There might not have been any rent increase in 13 years but imagine he has invested very little in improving the property in the same period considering a broken window causes such a fuss.

If i was you, I would be looking for another place. Certainly wouldn't be paying any rent upfront.

Chrysalis

indeed I am looking now.

on its own the rent increase isnt a huge deal, but its everything thats stacked up together.

In addition the company on the new tenancy agreement doesnt exist, for some reason they not using his company name anymore either.

Chrysalis

speedfreek1000 wrote: »

See "Trading As" name here http://blog.thecompanywarehouse.co.uk/2010/02/18/trading-as-company-and-business-names/

as expected name is not found.

thanks

Richey_

Police got involved in a civil dispute, arbitrated and told the landlord he had to pay for the window ?!

You cannot be in the United Kingdom as our Police do not have any such power as that would be a civil dispute.

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alchemist.1

Richey_ wrote: »

Police got involved in a civil dispute, arbitrated and told the landlord he had to pay for the window ?!

You cannot be in the United Kingdom as our Police do not have any such power as that would be a civil dispute.

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A police officer having an opinion and passing it onto an unreasonable landlord doesn't require any power.